Science fiction violence is the display, mention and/or physical description of violent scenes and/or violent actions in any given science fiction setting or environment. It can also be a result of science fiction elements such as fictional aliens, science fiction robots, humans (usually with advanced abilities), science fiction weapons, apocalypse and/or other disasters found in the genre.
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Film
Examples of science fiction violence in stand-alone films is Saturn 3 which tells the story of a powerful robot that goes out of control and causes damage and inflicts injury on living beings, resulting in the death of one dog and at least one human with the other dying while destroying the killing-machine.
Unknown Origin tells the story of an alien organism that falls on Earth and penetrates an underwater submarine. It then begins attacking the crew members, killing many of them and is mostly resistant to their firepower. The human crew members attempt to contain and destroy the organism and prevent it from reaching a dry surface and reproducing itself.
Red Planet starring Val Kilmer and Terence Stamp is about a crew of humans on a mission to Mars and also bring with them a robot "Amy" which goes out of control and frequently attacks them, violently.
Television
Science fiction violence commonly occurs in television series of the genre such as Simon Says (The Outer Limits) which tells the story of a scientist who replicates the intelligence, memories and violent nature of his diseased son into a robot he constructs. The robot also unintentionally kills their pet cat, Tina, as a result of having sharp metallic hands, but also turns violent on instances he is denied what he wants by inheriting his predecessors sensitive emotions.